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Science

Can you solve it? A new goat for puzzledom’s GOAT

The Guardian Australia - Science · 17 August 2026 at 4:10 pm

Can you solve it? A new goat for puzzledom’s GOAT

Take this puzzle by the horns Today’s puzzle is a new twist on The Monty Hall problem, arguably the greatest maths puzzle of all time. (According to Gemini, who trawled the internet for me, it is the most discussed and debated recreational maths puzzle of all time.) Continue reading...

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